Planned Parenthood

Dear Editor,

The Washington State Legislature and Governor Inslee have acted ignominiously and in opposition to biblical ethics.

The Attorney General has threatened small hospital districts with legal peril. In response, the Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics (WHMC) leadership has entered into an agreement with Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho to facilitate the destruction of human life, also known as pregnancy termination. WHMC executive staff has stated that WHMC will uphold the conscience clause included within the Reproductive Privacy Act and will not force anyone to facilitate pregnancy termination.

Facilitating pregnancy termination includes referrals to Planned Parenthood and patient hand-offs to Planned Parenthood.

As such, I encourage all WHMC staff to do the right thing and refuse to participate in the destruction of innocent unborn children by refusing to refer or hand-off patients to Planned Parenthood for that purpose.

Kevin Akesson

Colfax